Rotary punching device.



PATENTBD DEG. 5,-1905.

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APPLICATION IILED D30. 23. 1903.

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UNITED STATES PATENT ornron. WILLIAM T. BAILEY. OF 'ELMIRA, NEW .YORK.

ROTARY PuNoHme. DEVICE.

No. 806,449. Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Dec. 5, 1905.

Application filed December 23,1903. Serial No.186g289.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I,\W1'LLIAM T. BAILEY, a citizen ofthe United States of America, and .a resident of Elmira, Chemung county, New

5 York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rotary Punching Devices,

of which the following is a specification.

. My invention relatesgenerally to printing or-other machines for acting upon a web of 10 paper v The object of this invention is to meet a demand created by the advance in a certain other-industry, as will appear from the following: 1n wrapping articles of manufacture partly in section, showingthe driving means for one of the rolls for rewinding the web. Fig. 5 is an endview looking in-the direction of the arrow in Fig.1. Figs. 6 and 7am detailed views of the slittingmechanism. Fig. 60 8 is a diagrammatic view of the appearance of the web after it has been acted upon bymy machine. Similar characters of reference denote cor- 'respondingparts in the diiferentviews. 5 1 denotes a frameworklofany suitable construction for properlysupporting the parts composing the machine. p

2 indicates an ordinary plate and impressioncylinder, while 3. indicates the rotary vpunch. 7 ing device. 4 is the slitter, and 5 the re-winding means. The printing mechanism: and the slitter are of the usual construction and need not be described in detail. The rotary punch, however, 75 presents valuable-and new features in itself and-is constructed as follows: Two opposed rotary supporting members 6 and 7 areprovided, oneof which carries the punching members 8 and the other of which carries the 0 die members -9. As each of these supporting membersfi and -7 is constructed alike, only one will be described.

Mountedupon the shaft 10 are four heads,

- such as cakes of soap, for instance -machines have been developed in the art which enable the cakes of soapto be wrapped from a web ofpaper etha't is, a webof-paper is suitably inserted in the machine, severed, and wrapped :around the cakes of soap in quick succession and automatically. In so doing an impalingpin is generally used in carryingthe sheets :severed-from thisweb during the process of 5 wrappingthe individual cakes ofsoap.

' The object of my invention is accordingly to produce a mechanism whereby a web'of paper can be printediprovided with holes for theimpaling-pin of a relatively large size and,

13 if the article to be produced is small enough, to be slitted lengthwise and :then' to be rewound into'one or more webs. 1n carrying out this object a great obstacle is encountered H in devising means for cutting holes of a large size and of any desired-shapeinto-the flowing web. This obstacle is overcome by providing two opposed rotary supporting membersaor rollers .with corresponding punch and die members adjustable both .circumferentially -4 andilongitudinally.

Other features of construction will appear as the specification proceeds.

' In the accompanying drawings I haveembodied .my invention in a suitableform, so as .to facilitatethe explanationof the same. 'It

is obvious, however, that changes of construction can i be made without departing from the spirit of my invention.

- In-the said drawings, Figurel is aside ele- :5 vation largely diagrammatic,-showing a machine embodyingmy invention. Fig. 2 is an end view of the rotary punching device, the I gears for operating the same being-shownin section. Fig. 3 is avertical-sectionalview'of The heads 11 are mounted fast on theshaft 10 by means of the keys 13 or otherwise, while the-heads 12are secured to thezheads'llby means of the bolts 14. Each ofthese heads tures 15, to which are attached the longitudinal bars 16 in such a mannerthat' they alternate in being secured to the said heads, one being attached-to theheads 12 andithe next one to the heads.1-1,&c. These longitudinal ,95 bars are provided with longitudinalzgrooves :17, in which are located the die members or thepunch members, as the case may be, 8 and 9, the said die and punch. members-being adand are secured in position bymeans of the set-screws118. Circumferential adjustment of the punch and die members is obtained'bysecuring the tran'sverse'bars 16 ingthe' holes-15 on'the heads- 1'1 and -12. Then by loosening 105 the bolts l t-the two heads 11 and 112 atieach end may be adjusted with relation to each other vso as to obtain theipropercircumfer- -ential adjustment desired. The heads12 are secured together bymeans, of the-sleevesilfi), #110 two at each end and denoted by Hand 12. 5 if .is provided with a number of holesor aperr ,justable longitudinally in thesaid groovesl'? which extend all the way across the machine and are cored out to admit of the shafts 10. The rotary punch is driven from the gears 20, 21, and 22. In this instance the gear 20 is made adjustable, so that the whole rotary supporting member can be adjusted with relation to the driving and proper alinementcan be obtained, as will more fully hereinafter appear. The gear 22 is also adjustable like the gear 20 and is driven from" the latter by means of the gear 21. In order that the action of the punching device may be effected in the proper manner, I

In the the web are th present instance the slitters will slit into three distinct sections, which en rewound each on a separate roll, all however, are driven in unison, thoughindividually. These rolls, upon which the web acted upon are rewound, are mounted on the shafts 25, 26, and 27, each shaft being driven by means of the sprocket-wheel 28 andchain 29 from the shafts 30. As the diameter of the rewound web of paper increases it will of course be understood that the speed of the rewinding-rolls must be slowed up. Ordinarily these rolls are driven at a speed unispeed of the rolls to bef'slowed down I provide a friction-disk 30, interposed between the fast and loose collars 31 and 32, respectively, on each of the shafts carrying the rewindingrolls. The collar 32 is provided with the sprocket-wheel 28 and is pressed up against the friction-disk 30 by means of the spring 33, the tension of which can be adjusted by means of the hand-wheel 34. As the diame- I sion between the lines 36 indicating the complete wrapper for the article to be wrapped. As the web flows in between the rotary punching device the holes 37 are punched in the same. It is necessary that these holes After rotary distance between successive rows of holes, so as to correspond with the length of the subdivisions of the web, it will sometimes be found that the said rows of holes would occupy the wrong position in regard to the subdivisions of the webas shown, for instance, at 39 in Fig. 8. By adjusting the adjustable gears 20 and 22 it will be understood that the proper register of the punch and die can be obtained with regard to the printing on the subdivisions of the web. After passing through the rotary punch the web is passed to the slitter 4, which forms longitudinal sections, as indicated by the lines 40. Of course the number of longitudinal sections depend upon the size of the package desired to be wrapped and the width of the web. After passing from the slitter the longitudinal sections composing the web are rewound by the rewinding mechanism 5.

Means for perforating and severing a web of paper have of course been carried by opposed rotary supporting members heretofore. To my knowledge, however, it has never been attempted heretofore to construct a rotary punch and die mechanism capable of punching holes of a relatively large size and adjustable longitudinally and circumferentially.

aving thus described my invention, what claim is 1. In a machine of the character set forth, the combination of a rotary punching device, having a plurality of punches and dies adapted to punch holes in a web of paper at intervals corresponding to certain subdivisions of the web, means for adjusting the punches and dies circumferentially to regulate the distance between successive holes punched in the sheet, and means for adjusting the said rotary punching device to obtain proper register of the holes with relation to the subdivisions of the web of paper.

2. In a machine of the character set forth, the combination of a rotary punching device, having a plurality of punches and dies adapted to punch holes in a web of valscorresponding to certain the web, means for adjusting the punches and dies circumferentially to regulate the distance between successive holes punched in the sheet, and means for adjusting the said rotary punching device to obtain proper register of the holes with relation to the subdivisions of the web of paper, and means for rewinding the web after it has been acted upon by the elements described.

In a machine of the character set forth, the combination of a rotary punching device, having a plurality of punches and dies adapted to punch holes in a web of paper at intervals corresponding to certain subdivisions of the web, means for adjusting the punches and dies circumferentially to regulate the distance between successive holes punched in the web,

and means for adjusting the said rotary punching device to obtain proper register of the holes with relation to the subdivisions of the web of paper. g

4. In a machine of the character set forth, the combination of a rotary punching device, having a plurality of punches and dies adapted topunch holes in a web of paper at intervals corresponding to certain subdivisions of the web, means for adjusting the punches and dies circumferentially to regulate the distance between successive holes punched in the web, and means for adjusting the said rotary punching device to obtaln proper register of the holes with relation to the subdivisions of the web of paper, and means for rewinding the web after it has been acted upon by the elements described.

5'. In a machine of the character set forth, the combination of a rotary punching device, having a plurality of punches and dies adapted to punch holes in' a web of paper at intervals corresponding to certain subdivisions of the web, and a slitterlfor slitting the paper into sections, means for adjusting the punches and dies circumferentially to regulate the distance between successive holes punched in the web, and means for adjusting the said rotary punching device the holes with relation to the subdivisions of to obtain proper register of' the web of paper, and means for rewinding the web after itihas been acted upon by the elements described. l

6. The combination with two opposed rotary supporting members, of a plurality of dies mounted on one of said members, individually adjustable in a longitudinal direction, and a plurality of punches mounted on the other of said supporting members, also individually adjustable in a longitudinal direction, adapted to cooperate to punch holes in a flowing web,

7 The combination with two opposed rotarysupporting members, of a plurality of dies mounted on 1 one of said members, individually adjustable in a longitudinal direction, and adjustable in groups circumferentially, and a plurality of" punches mounted on the other of saidsupporting members, also individually adjustable in a longitudinal direction, and adjustable in groups circumferentially, adapted tocooperate to punch holes in aflowing web.

Signed at Elmira, New York, this 19th day of December, 1903. 4

WILLIAM T. BAILEY.

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F. O. OGDEN, ANNA M. FABIVAN. 

